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Network Flow Analysis
By Michael W. Lucas
June 2010 
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Network flow analysis is the art of studying the traffic on a computer network. Understanding the ways to export flow and collect and analyze data separates good network administrators from… Read more.

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Take Control of Sharing Files in Snow Leopard
By Glenn Fleishman
October 2009 
Ebook: $10.00

This detail-packed book makes file sharing easy, whether it's between two Macs on a local network, among a mixed-platform office workgroup, or between far-flung computers on the Internet. You'll get… Read more.

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VMware Cookbook
By Ryan Troy, Matthew Helmke
October 2009 
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This book provides a look into real-world use of VMware ESX and ESXi, with step-by-step solutions for problems that occur in a wide range of environments. Written by experts with… Read more.

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The Book of Xen
By Luke S. Crawford, Chris Takemura
October 2009 
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Xen allows administrators to run many virtual operating systems on one physical server, including Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris, and Microsoft Windows. The Book of Xen explains everything a sysadmin needs to… Read more.

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JUNOS High Availability
By James Sonderegger, Orin Blomberg, Kieran Milne, Senad Palislamovic
August 2009 
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Ebook: $55.99
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Network outages can be deadly, whether your network is a complex carrier or just a few machines supporting a small enterprise. JUNOS High Availability will help you build reliable and… Read more.

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Head First Networking
By Al Anderson, Ryan Benedetti
May 2009 
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Frustrated with networking books so chock full of acronyms that your brain goes into sleep mode? Head First Networking's unique, visually rich format provides a task-based approach to computer networking… Read more.

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Automating System Administration with Perl, Second Edition
By David N. Blank-Edelman
May 2009 
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Thoroughly updated and expanded in its second edition to cover the latest operating systems, technologies, and Perl modules, Automating System Administration with Perl will help you perform your job with… Read more.

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Active Directory Cookbook, Third Edition
By Laura E. Hunter, Robbie Allen
December 2008 
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When you need practical hands-on support for Active Directory, the updated edition of this Cookbook provides quick solutions to more than 300 problems you might encounter when deploying, administering, and… Read more.

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Active Directory, Fourth Edition
By Brian Desmond, Joe Richards, Robbie Allen, Alistair G. Lowe-Norris
November 2008 
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By giving you a thorough grounding in Active Directory, this bestselling book teaches you how to design, manage, and maintain an AD infrastructure, whether it's for a small business network… Read more.

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Nagios, Second Edition
By Wolfgang Barth
October 2008 
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Ebook: $47.95
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Nagios is a host and service monitoring tool designed to inform systems administrators of network problems before clients or managers notice. Nagios makes it possible to continuously monitor network services… Read more.

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Ubuntu Kung Fu
By Keir Thomas
September 2008 
Print: $34.95

Ubuntu's rise to power has been rapid, historic and well-deserved. It's the best Linux distribution ever, but most people only use a fraction of its power. Award-winning Linux author Keir… Read more.

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JUNOS Enterprise Routing
By Doug Marschke, Harry Reynolds
March 2008 
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Ebook: $55.99
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Written by the instructors and creators of the JNTCP-ER Certification Exams, JUNOS Enterprise Routing is the only comprehensive book for Juniper enterprise and edge routing environments, and offers complete coverage… Read more.

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Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide
By Jonathan Hassell
March 2008 
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Windows Server 2008: The Definitive Guide is a complete soup-to-nuts reference and practical guide to everything in the latest release of Microsoft's widely used server operating system. With this book,… Read more.

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Apache Cookbook, Second Edition
By Rich Bowen, Ken Coar
December 2007 
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The new edition of the Apache Cookbook offers you updated solutions to the problems you're likely to encounter with Apache. Thoroughly updated for Apache versions 2.0 and 2.2, this book… Read more.

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Linux Networking Cookbook
By Carla Schroder
November 2007 
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If you want a book that lays out the steps for specific Linux networking tasks, one that clearly explains the commands and configurations, this is the book for you. Linux… Read more.

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Network Security Assessment, Second Edition
By Chris McNab
November 2007 
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Network Security Assessment provides you with the tricks and tools professional security consultants use to identify and assess risks in Internet-based networks-the same penetration testing model they use to secure… Read more.

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Windows PowerShell Cookbook
By Lee Holmes
October 2007 
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This Cookbook provides hundreds of tested scripts that you can use right away to administer Windows systems using Microsoft's new tool-everything from automating routine tasks to working with files, event… Read more.

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Making Things Talk
By Tom Igoe
September 2007 
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Through a series of simple projects, this book teaches you how to get your creations to communicate with one another by forming networks of smart devices that carry on conversations… Read more.

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AutoIt v3: Your Quick Guide
By Andy Flesner
September 2007 
Ebook: $7.99

AutoIt is becoming increasingly popular in the system administration field as a tool for automating administrative tasks. Although this is one of its more popular uses, you can use AutoIt to automate anything in a… Read more.

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Windows Vista Administration: The Definitive Guide
By Brian Culp
June 2007 
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Written in jargon-free English that puts concepts in proper context, this book helps system administrators install, configure, and maintain Microsoft's newest OS. You'll get a better understanding of Vista's innovations… Read more.

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Network Warrior
By Gary A. Donahue
June 2007 
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Network Warrior provides a thorough and practical introduction to the entire network infrastructure, from cabling to the routers. What you need to learn to pass a Cisco certification exam such… Read more.

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CompTIA A+Essentials 220-601 Exam Guide
By Christopher A. Crayton
February 2007 
Ebook: $9.99

The big question you should ask yourself before you fork over $158 to take CompTIA's A+ Essentials exam is: am I ready? Are you? This guide was created with one purpose… Read more.

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Using Samba, Third Edition
By Gerald Carter, Jay Ts, Robert Eckstein
January 2007 
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This book is the comprehensive guide to Samba administration, officially adopted by the Samba Team. Wondering how to integrate Samba's authentication with that of a Windows domain? How to get… Read more.

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Saving Money and Time with Virtual Server
By Chris Sanders
November 2006 
Ebook: $7.99

Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 consistently proves to be worth its weight in gold, with new implementations thought up every day. With this product now a free download from Microsoft, scores of… Read more.

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MCSA on Windows Server 2003 Core Exams in a Nutshell
By William Stanek, Pawan K. Bhardwaj
November 2006 
Ebook: $29.99

For Windows administrators preparing for Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) core exams 70-270, 70-290, and 70-291, this document not only provides the resources you need to succeed on the exams,… Read more.

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MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell
By Pawan K. Bhardwaj, Roger A. Grimes
October 2006 
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Ebook: $31.99
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For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 administrators preparing for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) core exam 70-270, and core exams 70-297, and 70-298 this book is invaluable. Not only… Read more.

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Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration
By Michael Bartosh
September 2006 
Ebook: $19.99

Mac OS X Tiger Server Administration gives Unix, Windows, and Mac administrators what they need to master every aspect of this server, from the command line to Apple's graphical tools.… Read more.

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DNS and BIND, Fifth Edition
By Paul Albitz, Cricket Liu
May 2006 
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The fifth edition covers BIND 9.3.2, the most recent release of the BIND 9 series, as well as BIND 8.4.7. BIND 9.3.2 contains further improvements in security and IPv6 support,… Read more.

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The Mac Tiger Server Black Book
By Charles S Edge, Jr.
February 2006 
Print: $34.99

This unique black book guides you through all the aspects of the new Mac Tiger Server including understanding the Apple network, managing network access, and network protocols such as TCP/IP AppleTalk,… Read more.

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Learning Windows Server 2003, Second Edition
By Jonathan Hassell
February 2006 
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This compact guide provides the nuts and bolts for installing, configuring, securing, and managing Windows Server 2003. Topics include patch management, Active Directory replication, network access quarantining, server clustering, and… Read more.

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Essential Microsoft Operations Manager
By Chris Fox
February 2006 
Print: $39.99

This comprehensive tutorial gives system administrators a solid foundation for planning, implementing, and administering Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. Learn how to program MOM so it automates burdensome and lengthy… Read more.

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Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, Third Edition
By Jesse M. Torres
January 2006 
Print: $34.99

The Midwest Book Review said the 2nd edition of this book "is a comprehensive and superbly organized...instructional reference and resource." The 3rd edition has been fully updated and expanded to… Read more.

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Understanding Linux Network Internals
By Christian Benvenuti
December 2005 
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A no-nonsense guide to Linux networking, Understanding Linux Network Internals offers a clear view of the underlying concepts and teaches you to follow the C code that implements it. Topics… Read more.

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Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook
By Mike Danseglio, Robbie Allen
December 2005 
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This handy problem-solver teaches you how to perform important security tasks in the Windows Server 2003 OS using very specific recipes. Each recipe features a brief description of the problem,… Read more.

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Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide
By Daniel H. Steinberg, Stuart Cheshire
December 2005 
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Offering a unique insider's perspective, Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide takes the mystery out of networking electronic devices, so you can enjoy maximum efficiency at work or home. Covers… Read more.

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Monad (AKA PowerShell)
By Andy Oakley
December 2005 
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Windows PowerShell, formerly know by its codename "Monad" and available now for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows Vista, and soon for Exchange Server 2007 and MOM, is the… Read more.

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Windows Server 2003 Network Administration
By Craig Hunt, Roberta Bragg
September 2005 
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This guide is dedicated to helping you master networking on Windows Server 2003 systems. In addition to fundamental concepts and essential TCP/IP protocols, the book provides a tutorial for planning,… Read more.

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Exchange Server Cookbook
By Paul Robichaux, Missy Koslosky, Devin Ganger
June 2005 
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If you run a network powered by Windows, Microsoft Exchange occupies much of your time. Our new Cookbook offers you a comprehensive how-to guide to the most common tasks for… Read more.

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Windows Server Cookbook
By Robbie Allen
March 2005 
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This practical reference guide offers hundreds of useful tasks for managing Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, Microsoft's latest server. These concise, on-the-job solutions to common problems are certain to… Read more.

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IPv6 Network Administration
By Niall Murphy, David Malone
March 2005 
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This essential guide explains what works, what doesn't, and most of all, what's practical about IPv6--the next-generation Internet standard. A must-have for network administrators everywhere looking to fix their network's… Read more.

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Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Third Edition
By Tony Bautts, Terry Dawson, Gregor N. Purdy
February 2005 
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The Linux Network Administrator's Guide, Third Edition updates a classic Linux title from O'Reilly. This refreshed resource takes an in-depth look at everything you need to know to join a… Read more.

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sendmail 8.13 Companion
By Bryan Costales, George Jansen, Claus Assmann, Gregory Shapiro
September 2004 
Print: $24.95

An excellent companion to our popular sendmail, Third Edition, this book documents the improvements in V8.13 in parallel with its release. Highlighting the important changes V8.13, the book points out… Read more.

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qmail
By John Levine
March 2004 
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qmail concentrates on common tasks like moving a sendmail setup to qmail, or setting up a "POP toaster," a system that provides mail service to a large number of users… Read more.

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Windows Server Hacks
By Mitch Tulloch
March 2004 
Print: $24.95

The tools, or hacks in this book reveal techniques that go well beyond basic management tasks found in most handbooks. Hacks range from those that deal with general administration to… Read more.

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Security Warrior
By Cyrus Peikari, Anton Chuvakin
January 2004 
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What's the worst an attacker can do to you? You'd better find out, right? That's what Security Warrior teaches you. Based on the principle that the only way to defend… Read more.

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DNS on Windows Server 2003, Third Edition
By Cricket Liu, Matt Larson, Robbie Allen
December 2003 
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DNS on Windows Server 20003 is a special Windows-oriented edition of the classic DNS and BIND, updated to document the many changes to DNS, large and small, found in Windows… Read more.

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sendmail Cookbook
By Craig Hunt
December 2003 
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The sendmail Cookbook provides step-by-step solutions for the administrator who needs to solve configuration problems fast. Each recipe in the sendmail Cookbook outlines a configuration problem, presents the configuration code… Read more.

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Deploying Virtual Private Networks with Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003
By Elliot Lewis, Joseph Davies
October 2003 
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The definitive technical reference covering everything an IT professional needs to effectively implement and manage virtual private network (VPN) solutions over Windows .NET Server and the Windows 2000 Server operating… Read more.

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Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell
By Mitch Tulloch
September 2003 
Print: $39.95

Microsoft has introduced the right server for a world now dominated by highly distributed systems and web-based server applications, and O'Reilly Windows Server 2003 in a Nutshell is the most… Read more.

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VBScript in a Nutshell, Second Edition
By Paul Lomax, Matt Childs, Ron Petrusha
March 2003 
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Lightweight yet powerful, VBScript from Microsoft® is used in four main areas: server-side web applications using Active Server Pages (ASP), client-side web scripts using Internet Explorer, code behind Outlook forms,… Read more.

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Essential System Administration Pocket Reference
By Æleen Frisch
November 2002 
Print: $9.95
Ebook: $7.99
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This pocket reference brings together all the important Unix and Linux system administration information in a single compact volume. Not only are all of the important administrative commands covered, but… Read more.

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DNS & Bind Cookbook
By Cricket Liu
October 2002 
Print: $34.95

The DNS & BIND Cookbook presents solutions to the many problems faced by network administrators responsible for a name server. This title is an indispensable companion to DNS & BIND,… Read more.

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Essential System Administration, Third Edition
By Æleen Frisch
August 2002 
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Ebook: $43.99
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Whether you use a standalone Unix system, routinely provide administrative support for a larger shared system, or just want an understanding of basic administrative functions, Essential System Administration is for… Read more.

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Microsoft® Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition
By Ingrid Tulloch, Mitch Tulloch
April 2002 
Print: $79.99

The second edition of this award-winning encyclopedia has been fully updated—with thousands of entries detailing the latest networking technologies, standards, products, and services. Perform fast, full-text searches with the encyclopedia… Read more.

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TCP/IP Network Administration, Third Edition
By Craig Hunt
April 2002 
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Ebook: $35.99
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This complete hands-on guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network starts with the fundamentals: what protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used, and… Read more.

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Web Performance Tuning, Second Edition
By Patrick Killelea
March 2002 
Print: $44.95

Web Performance Tuning, 2nd Edition is about getting the best possible performance from the Web. This second edition has been significantly expanded, including new chapters on Web site architecture, security,… Read more.

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Using SANs and NAS
By W. Curtis Preston
February 2002 
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Ebook: $23.99
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Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS) allow organizations to manage and back up huge file systems quickly. W. Curtis Preston's insightful book takes you through the ins… Read more.

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System Performance Tuning, Second Edition
By Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci, Mike Loukides
February 2002 
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System Performance Tuning covers two distinct areas: performance tuning, or the art of increasing performance for a specific application, and capacity planning, or deciding what hardware best fulfills a given… Read more.

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Windows 2000 Performance Guide
By Mark Friedman, Odysseas Pentakalos
January 2002 
Print: $44.95

Most computer systems do not degrade gradually. The painful reality is that performance is acceptable day after day, until quite suddenly it all falls apart. If this happens on a… Read more.

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DNS on Windows 2000, Second Edition
By Matt Larson, Cricket Liu
September 2001 
Print: $39.95

This special Windows-oriented edition of the classic DNS and BIND is a guide to one of the Internet's fundamental building blocks: the distributed host information database responsible for translating names… Read more.

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T1: A Survival Guide
By Matthew Gast
August 2001 
Print: $39.99

This practical, applied reference to T1 for system and network administrators brings together in one place the information you need to set up, test, and troubleshoot T1. You'll learn what… Read more.

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Server Load Balancing
By Tony Bourke
August 2001 
Print: $39.99

Load balancing distributes traffic efficiently among network servers so that no individual server is overburdened. This vendor-neutral guide to the concepts and terminology of load balancing offers practical guidance to… Read more.

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Exim: The Mail Transfer Agent
By Philip Hazel
July 2001 
Print: $44.95

Exim is the default mail transport agent installed on some Linux systems; it runs on many versions of Unix and is suitable for any TCP/IP network with any combination of… Read more.

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Managing NFS and NIS, Second Edition
By Hal Stern, Mike Eisler, Ricardo Labiaga
July 2001 
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Ebook: $39.99
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This long-awaited new edition of a classic, now updated for NFS Version 3 and based on Solaris 8, shows how to set up and manage a network filesystem installation. Managing… Read more.

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Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference
By Æleen Frisch
March 2001 
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Ebook: $7.99
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The Windows 2000 Commands Pocket Reference complements Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell by conveying the kind of no-nonsense, boiled-down information typical of O'Reilly's highly successful companion Pocket Reference series.… Read more.

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Peer-to-Peer
By Nelson Minar, Marc Hedlund, Clay Shirky, Tim O'Reilly, Dan Bricklin, David Anderson, Jeremie Miller, Adam Langley, Gene Kan, Alan Brown, Marc Waldman, Lorrie Faith Cranor, Aviel Rubin, Roger Dingledine, Michael Freedman, David Molnar, Rael Dornfest, Dan Brickley, Theodore Hong, Richard Lethin, Jon Udell, Nimisha Asthagiri, Walter Tuvell, Brandon Wiley
Edited by Andy Oram
February 2001 
Print: $29.95

This book presents the goals that drive the developers of the best-known peer-to-peer systems, the problems they've faced, and the technical solutions they've found. The contributors are leading developers of… Read more.

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Windows 2000 Administration in a Nutshell
By Mitch Tulloch
February 2001 
Print: $39.95

Anyone who installs Windows 2000, creates a user, or adds a printer is a 2000 system administrator. This book covers all the important day-to-day administrative tasks, and includes the tools… Read more.

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DHCP for Windows 2000
By Neall Alcott
January 2001 
Print: $39.99

DHCP for Windows 2000 is custom-designed for system administrators who are responsible for configuring and maintaining networks with Windows 2000 servers. It explains the DHCP protocol and how to install… Read more.

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Windows 2000 Quick Fixes
By Jim Boyce
December 2000 
Print: $34.99

Windows 2000 Quick Fixes provides fixes to common problems in a clear, well-organized fashion. It extensively troubleshoots both the Windows 2000 Professional and the Windows 2000 Server editions, taking power… Read more.

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Network Printing
By Matthew Gast, Todd Radermacher
October 2000 
Print: $34.95

Network Printing shows you how to set up a network printing architecture that supports all kinds of clients, using Linux machines as print servers. It covers the standard Unix print… Read more.

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Managing The Windows 2000 Registry
By Paul Robichaux
August 2000 
Print: $39.95

The Windows 2000 Registry is the repository for all hardware, software, and application configuration settings. Managing the Windows 2000 Registry is the system administrator's guide to maintaining, monitoring, and updating… Read more.

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Lotus Domino Administration in a Nutshell
By Greg Neilson
August 2000 
Print: $39.99

The release of R5 has made Domino easier for its 55 million users than ever before. For example, it's now possible to centrally modify client configurations or visually monitor the… Read more.

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Windows System Policy Editor
By Stacey Anderson-Redick
June 2000 
Print: $39.99

How can Windows administrators set up different security restrictions for different users? What about setting one policy for a whole group? Or preventing users from modifying hardware and environment settings?… Read more.

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Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide
By Eric Hall
February 2000 
Print: $39.95
Ebook: $31.99
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Internet Core Protocols: The Definitive Guide provides the nitty-gritty details of TCP, IP, and UDP. Many network problems can only be debugged by working at the lowest levels--looking at all… Read more.

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Managing Microsoft Exchange Server
By Paul Robichaux
July 1999 
Print: $39.95

Targeted at medium-sized installations and up, this book addresses the difficult problems these users face: Internet integration, storage management, cost of ownership, system security, and performance management. Going beyond the… Read more.

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Virtual Private Networks, Second Edition
By Charlie Scott, Paul Wolfe, Mike Erwin
December 1998 
Print: $39.99

This book explains how to plan and build a Virtual Private Network (VPN), a collection of technologies that creates secure connections or "tunnels" over regular Internet lines. It discusses costs,… Read more.

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Managing Mailing Lists
By Alan Schwartz
March 1998 
Print: $29.95

This book covers four mailing list packages (Majordomo, LISTSERV, Listproc, and SmartList) and tells you everything you need to know to set up and run a mailing list, from writing… Read more.

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Managing IP Networks with Cisco Routers
By Scott M. Ballew
October 1997 
Print: $34.95

This practical guide to setting up and maintaining a production network covers how to select routing protocols, configure protocols to handle most common situations, evaluate network equipment and vendors, and… Read more.

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Windows NT in a Nutshell
By Eric Pearce
June 1997 
Print: $24.95

This book organizes NT's complex 4.0 GUI interface, dialog boxes, and multitude of DOS-shell commands into an easy-to-use quick reference for anyone who uses or manages an NT system. It… Read more.

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sendmail Desktop Reference
By Bryan Costales, Eric Allman
March 1997 
Print: $9.95

This quick-reference guide provides a complete overview of the latest version of sendmail (V8.8), from command-line switches to configuration commands, from options declarations to macro definitions, and from m4 features… Read more.

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